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Something hot is brewing…
FROM the minute Jeffrey Young starts talking it’s obvious he’s a passionate man. Either that or he’s had one too many flat whites. Perhaps it’s a bit of both, and one would expect nothing less from a...
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Best Australian coffee shops in London
AS an Australian living in London, you probably crave the coffees easily available Down Under. Surprisingly, the UK capital offers the coffee-drinking Aussie a wide range of options. So, if you are...
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The Great London Coffee Hunt of 2012
Mention moving to London to many in Australia and they will immediately voice their sole concern – ‘but how will you get a decent cup of coffee?’. Why this is their first concern, I’m not sure. Maybe...
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Coffee Cult visits: Workshop in Clerkenwell
WHAT’S at the other end of going out with a bang? Exploding out of the starting gates? Kicking off with a corker? Starting with style? Well, whatever the right phrase is, it may well be an apt...
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Coffee Cult visits: Kaffeine in Fitzrovia
SQUEEZED amidst the Scandinavian design stores and clothes boutiques of Fitzrovia is Kaffeine. An Australian/New Zealand owned sliver of a café pumping out over 500 expertly made coffees a day with a...
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Coffee Cult visits: Nude Espresso in Brick Lane
NUDE Espresso has two locations – Brick Lane and Soho Square. A more in-depth reviewer could have visited both to compare how the different character of the areas may have influenced the everyday...
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Coffee Cult visits: Ozone Coffee Roasters in Old Street
I’M about to say something quite controversial. One of my favourite cafes in London is not Antipodean. It’s the Turkish café at the end of my street. There’s no arty wall decals, no distressed wooden...
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Coffee Cult visits: The Providores in Marylebone
IT IS not ok to bring a dog to The Providores. I know this because squeezing into the busy ground floor Tapa Room I stood on one. The sausage of a thing was unhappily attached to a talking fur coat...
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Coffee Cult visits: Granger & Co in Notting Hill
Photo: Granger & Co I first saw Bill Granger, Aussie celebrity chef and restaurateur, on his TV cooking show Bill’s Food. It painted a picture of a life full of pastel shades, throw rugs and...
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Coffee Cult visits: Caravan at Exmouth Market
IT’S early Saturday morning in London and a look outside the window indicates the prospect of a long, cold, grey and bleak weekend. What’s more, I have £40 left in my bank account and a payday I know...
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Coffee Cult visits: Pimlico Fresh in Pimlico
I have a long commute. Well, not long by Sydney standards, but long enough in London to make Tube travel on the weekend an unfavorable prospect. Every weekday morning I head off along the Victoria...
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Coffee Cult visits: Fleet River Bakery in Holborn
WE go way back, Fleet River Bakery and I. Tucked away in a small alley off Kingsway it is a haven of freshly baked smells, creamy lattes and understated rustic charm, that has, by chance, played...
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Coffee Cult visits: Wellington Coffee in Edinburgh
By Tyson Yates HAVING spent some time working as a barista, I know the significance of that carefully crafted leaf you see floating in your coffee. That is, I know it requires some semblance of...
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Coffee Cult visits: Lantana Cafe in Fitzrovia
By Alex Ivett SPRINGTIME. Trees gently sprouting new life, birds gleefully emerging from their nest to herald the advent of warmer weather. The days become longer, and people happier as they break...
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Coffee Cult visits: Climpson & Sons on Broadway Market
By Alex Ivett IT FINALLY happened. A patch of sunlight appeared over London, and stayed. One bird sung, and a flower bloomed. A stranger actually smiled at another on the street. And I finally managed...
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Coffee Cult visits: Salvation Jane
By Alex Ivett NEVER has an event been so anticipated in London’s history. No, Coffee Cult is not talking about Thatcher’s funeral, but the 19C day that had been predicted for last Sunday. Ever since...
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Coffee Cult visits: Borough Barista in Marble Arch
By Alex Ivett ANZAC Day. A day for reflection and solemn commemoration of the significant sacrifices past and current soldiers have made for our nation. It’s also a day for oats, sugar, and golden...
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Coffee Cult visits Taylor St Baristas in Mayfair
By Alex Ivett WHEN it comes to caffeine, it turns out Coffee Cult is a raging capitalist. It is a realisation that has come as a bit of a shock, having for years eschewed corporate monoliths seemingly...
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Coffee Cult visits: Flat White in Soho
By Alex Ivett HAVING been a frequenter of a range of Antipodean coffee shops in London for a while now, Coffee Cult is aware of the significant influence of the Down Under cafe culture on a city which...
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Coffee Cult visits: Long White Cloud in Hoxton
By Alex Ivett IN recent weeks Coffee Cult has found itself frequenting a certain type of café with a particular demographic. We call it the ‘takeaway set’, those requiring coffee instantaneously,...
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Coffee Cult visits Ginger & White in Hampstead
By Alex Ivett THERE IS a moment in Bridget Jones Diary (the book, not the movie) where on an unusually seasonable day Bridget takes herself to the ponds in Hampstead Heath, and soaks up the lazy...
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Coffee Cult visits Tina, We Salute You in Dalston
By Alex Ivett Who amongst us hasn’t had that irreverent daydream, whilst chewing on an office biro and staring out the window, of quitting their job to open your own café. You’d spend your days...
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Coffee Cult visits ‘The Plan’ in Cardiff
By Kiel Egging WHEN in the heart of Welsh capital Cardiff, the task of navigating your way through its many funky arcades packed with boutique stores eventually warrants the need for a late-afternoon...
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Coffee Cult visits Ruby Dock in Camden
By Paul Bleakley Let’s get one thing out of the way: there is no place in London that is hipper than Camden Town. From the moment you step out of the Underground and onto the High Street, you are...
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Coffee Cult visits The Pavilion in Victoria Park
By Alex Ivett WHEN Coffee Cult was little we used to watch Mary Poppins religiously. It almost got to the point where we covered our face with soot from the fireplace and tried to climb up the roof to...
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Coffee Cult visits Labi in Fulham
THERE’S something about hearing of a hot new coffee spot that makes your ears prick up and the caffeine-filled components of your blood stream surge with joy. Hailing from Australia’s caffeine...
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Coffee Cult visits Harris + Hoole in London
By Alex Ivett WHEN is a family-owned artesian coffee shop exactly none of those things? Or, in our globalised world of mass production, focus groups and convenience, is the question rather – should we...
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Coffee Cult visits Kopapa in Covent Garden
By Alex Ivett THE first recorded mention of the term brunch is alleged to be from an 1895 edition of Hunter’s Weekly, in which it is described as a Sunday meal for “Saturday-night carousers”....
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Coffee Cult – Brickwood Coffee & Bread
CALL us what you will, but Coffee Cult doesn’t find the idea of getting caught in the rain at all romantic. In fact, after living in London for close to 18 months, we would be quite happy to never see...
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Coffee Cult visits Giddy Up
IN a densely populated city like London, where the centre can feel like a concrete jungle, it’s no wonder the English share a kindred love for their beautiful parklands. It was one of the first things...
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